This Moist Yellow Cake recipe is tender with a soft crumb! It’s made completely from-scratch and is way better than any box cake mix.The vanilla flavor pairs perfectly with the chocolate buttercream frosting for the perfect classic yellow cake!The Best Yellow Cake with Chocolate FrostingI’m sure you’ve probably heard me say before that I grew up on cake mixes, not cakes from scratch.Yellow cake, white cake, funfetti cake – you name it, we made it from a box.

I have absolutely no issues with a box mix and have used them in plenty of recipes, including this Lemon Blueberry Poke Cake.But there’s no doubt after baking from scratch for many years now that from-scratch cakes are amazing and have even better flavor.So today we are going to ditch that yellow cake mix and make one from scratch!What is Yellow Cake?Yellow cake is basically a variation on a vanilla cake.

There is yellow cake, white cake and then plenty of vanilla cakes that may not be especially white or yellow.While all of these cakes are basically vanilla in flavor, there are some subtle flavor and/or color differences that come from the ingredients used.In general for flavor, you could consider yellow cake to be a little more “egg-y” and buttery.As for appearance, yellow cake is going to have more of a yellow color that comes primarily from the eggs.

You can use whole eggs or a combination of whole eggs and egg yolks to achieve the yellow color.I have chosen to use some whole eggs and egg yolks to

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